snails in an african cichlid tank?

[ws66370]

how would some snails do in a tank of mixed African cichlids? what kind would work?

[Lupin]

Which cichlids do you have? Lake Tanganyika or Lake Malawi? You'll have better chances keeping snails with the Lake Tanganyikans. Malaysian trumpet snails are your best bet and their burrowing habit is a bonus preventing anaerobic pockets. No other snails can easily last long enough with those cichlids.

[number1sixerfan]

Malawi's will most likely kill it. They are just too fiesty. Won't hurt to try it if you have a backup tank to put them in.

[ws66370]

i do have malawi cichlids so i guess that is a no......

[derekp]

I have mts in with my malwi cichlids, they eat some but there are too many in the tank. They burrow away from predators. Also, they usually only come out at night so you don't have to see them during the day.

[jm1212]

i dont think it is because they are aggressive- snails are usually seen as "passive" tankmates by fish, if not as food- but because they will eat them.

MTS will breed fast enough and enough of them will stay hidden in the gravel to sustain a population